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Claudia Schmidt, a working mom with two amazing college age kids, writes about life after her breast cancer experience in February of 2010. Claudia’s work has been featured onBlogHer,BA50andMidlife Boulevard. She lives in bucolic Clinton, New Jersey with her husband, two teens, their dog (Tucker) and cat (Maverick). Follow her onTwitter @claudoo,FacebookorPinterest

The holidays were fun but I was pretty much ready to be done with all the fol-de-rol by New Year’s Day. Close to 10 days of family togetherness with non-stop eating and drinking was enough for me, especially when most of the eating consisted of cookies, chocolates, cakes, pies, cheese, butter and red meat. Thursday, […]

We haven’t gone on a family vacation since November 2009. I just realized that, yesterday. I knew it had been a while, but didn’t realize it was THAT long. My diagnosis was in February 2010, so we missed that whole year because of treatments and surgeries. Tomorrow we leave for Cancun! I. CAN. NOT. WAIT. The […]

“I figure life’s a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You don’t know what hand you’re gonna’ get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you. To make each day count.” — Jack Dawson, Titanic Does anyone else my age think that the song “I wanna be a Billionaire” […]

In February, it will be a full 6 years since my diagnosis and subsequent treatment for breast cancer and I no longer feel a burning need to write about that time of my life. The fact that I’m 6 years out has somewhat released me. I don’t feel as strong a connection to breast cancer anymore […]